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I wrote my first report about Madam Walker when I was a senior in high school in 1970. - A'Lelia Bundles
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God puts pack rats together with non-pack rats. - A'Lelia Bundles
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From the beginning, Madam C. J. Walker's message was as much about hair and beauty as it was about empowering other women. She knew that confidence and self-assurance are key ingredients to success, and that true beauty comes from within. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Madam C.J. Walker was born in 1867, two years after the civil war ended. She was a daughter of a slave. She had no formal education. Both her parents died by the time she was seven. Yet, by the time she died in 1919 at age 51, she was one of the most successful businesswomen America had ever seen. - A'Lelia Bundles
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She was born Sarah Breedlove on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana, where her parents had been slaves. At 14, she married to get a home of her own, to get away from a cruel brother-in-law with whom she was living. At 17, she had her only child, A'Lelia, who I'm named after. - A'Lelia Bundles
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There are two national historic landmarks: the Madam Walker Legacy Center in Indianapolis and the Madam C.J. Walker House in Irvington, New York. - A'Lelia Bundles
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I think Michelle Obama ought to wear her hair exactly the way she wants to wear her hair. I am not looking for Michelle Obama to cut her hair off like I have mine, very short. I'm not looking for her to do twists. I'm looking for her to wear what's comfortable for her. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Madame Walker was one of the four iconic women who really created what's now the modern hair-care and cosmetics industry, and we know about her in the black community because everybody gets their hair done. - A'Lelia Bundles
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It takes a long time, I think, to get to the place where you realize you may love the hairstyle that somebody else has. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Inner confidence is what makes us successful. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Madame Walker selected Indianapolis as the headquarters for her growing business more than a century ago in 1910 because of its central location and thriving black business community. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Both my parents worked at the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, with my dad eventually being hired by another company called Summit Laboratories that made chemical hair straighteners. - A'Lelia Bundles
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As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's place in American society. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Don't sit around and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make those opportunities come. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never heard of her. But they shouldn't be. Her extraordinary story was simply omitted from the history books. - A'Lelia Bundles
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As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into the business. - A'Lelia Bundles
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For all my life, I've been trying to tell Madam's story and really it's a labor of love just to make sure people know about her and the empowerment she gave to other women. - A'Lelia Bundles
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Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers. - A'Lelia Bundles
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